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Originally Posted by spence
I don't think the issue is "throw Wilson in jail" as much as it is "can't we get a fair process."
Walk in their shoes...
You're living in a poor black community and don't have reason to believe the white police are on your side. Your son is set to go to college on Monday and he's killed by the police for what looks to be jaywalking. The investigation is so sloppy it's almost comical and the local PD doesn't even bother to file a police report. Hell, one of the biggest issues, how far he walked before the kill shot wasn't even documented well because the batteries ran out on the camera.
They further try to defame your kids character by leaking video that appears to show him committing theft in an attempt at spin control. The photos of Wilson's wounds show almost nothing. They form a mostly white grand jury and assign a local prosecutor with ties to the department who fails to indict and then goes on TV and takes 20+ minutes to "defend" the officer's actions and characterize your kid as a demon.
Wilson certainly may have been justified in his actions but there's a lot of grey area with this case. I don't blame some for having deep suspicion as to the local PD covering up an abuse of authority.
That doesn't justify criminal protest certainly, but it does highlight how this case has tapped into a much bigger issue.
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"I don't think the issue is "throw Wilson in jail" as much as it is "can't we get a fair process."
Yet they received a fair process. More than fair, as it's a good bet that the case never should have even gone to a grand jury, but only did so to placate the likes of you.
"don't have reason to believe the white police are on your side"
Do you ever get one right? The white cops put themselves at risk, in awful, stressful situations, and they do so primarily to STOP BLACKS FROM BEING HURT BY OTHER BLACKS. Try making that wrong. The cops aren't on their side? The officer just picked this kid at random and executed him, is that what you believe?
Spence, can you point to data that suggest that kids who summer on Block Island can get away with punching cops in the head and struggling for their gun?
"Your son is set to go to college on Monday and he's killed by the police for what looks to be jaywalking"
That's not the most stupid thing you've ever said (not by a long shot, sadly), but it might be the most dishonest. Spence, did the cop shoot the kid for jaywalking, or did he shoot the kid during a serious physical altercation?
Killed for jaywalking, yep, that's exactly what happened. The kid never did anything worse that jaywalking, never robbed a store and got caught on video, nope.
Spence, is there any reason to believe that this kid would be dead if he (1) didn't rob that store, and (2) obeyed the cop and stopped walking in the middle of the street?
Keep bleating with the sheep, Spence.